Harlequin Special Edition October 2014 - Box Set 2 of 2: The Last-Chance Maverick\The Earl's Pregnant Bride\One Night with the Best Man by Christyne Butler

Author:Christyne Butler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rafe had to go up to London again the next week. Genny went with him. They stayed at his house in Kensington. They ate out at good restaurants and attended the theater.

And they spent long, lazy hours in bed. They laughed a lot and discussed their plans for Hartmore. Genny felt relaxed and content with her life and her new husband. In her third month of pregnancy now, she was in excellent health and definitely eating for two.

Twice, they picked up Geoffrey after his school day was through. The first time, when he saw her, he let out a whoop and ran to her arms. “I’m so glad you’ve come, Aunt Genny. And you can come often, can’t you? Now that you live at Hartmore with us.”

She hugged him tight and agreed that yes, she certainly could and she definitely would.

They went to a film, the three of them. And they visited the Science Museum and ate at the Rainforest Café. He was cheerful and chatty. He said school wasn’t so bad after all. And he couldn’t wait to come home for two whole months.

Genny and Rafe returned to Hartmore late Friday afternoon. Melinda’s photo shoot was just wrapping up. The sky had clouded over with a promise of coming rain and a car waited to take the models back to London—or the train station, Genny wasn’t sure which.

The photographer and his assistant had already left, Eloise told them when they found her in the Blue Drawing Room.

“It’s all been so very exciting,” she said, and then lowered her voice to a stage whisper. “Best of all, it’s almost over.”

The three of them—Rafe, Eloise and Genny—stood at the Palladian window and watched the five tall, willowy models get into the waiting car and drive away.

Eloise explained, “Melinda will be staying the night and driving her van with all the clothes back tomorrow. She and Brooke have really hit it off. Melinda has been here every day since you two left for London. She goes back and forth between us and the village. Evidently, there’s some tension between Melinda and her family. They never wanted her to leave the village all those years ago, from what I’ve gathered. They hoped she would stay home and marry some local man. So now they’re making it up between them, Melinda and her mum and dad. I must say, I’m happy for that. Melvin and Dora are getting on in years. It’s a time of life when you want to have peace with your children.”

Rafe put his arm around Genny. She glanced up at him. He gathered her closer to his side.

Eloise shrugged and added, “Well, at least that’s the sense that I have of the situation. I can’t say for sure, though. I’m just an old woman and no one’s been terribly forthcoming with me.”

Rafe teased, “Granny, are you feeling sorry for yourself?”

“Of course not. I have my gardens and my family. Genevra belongs to us now.” The pale blue eyes twinkled.

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